BioShock PC patch, other fixes on the way
Fans have probably been the most vocal about the field-of-view issue, which had widescreen players seeing less than those with fullscreen displays. Though 2K said that the choice was an intentional one, they've taken complaints into consideration and are working on a PC patch for the problem. (If you're in a rush, an unofficial hack is available here.) A similar update for 360s is "under investigation." Also an issue was a copy protection measure that limited the number of PCs a copy of the game could be installed on. That number is being upped, and machines will soon be able to be delicensed to free up a key. To help with these and other issues, a new team of support staff is being brought on to assist in the 2K forums.
[Via Shacknews]
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But I guess when you're game is receiving this much praise and hype (deservedly so) you've got to do anything to "please the customer".
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I get sound all the way through the opening cutscene but as soon as that's over and the actual game starts I lose all sounds.
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If you take away the sound, Bioshock isn't very good. You just have to have sound for that game. You can play Madden, Halo, Gears, Oblivion, and other popular games without sound, but not Bioshock. You just freakin' need to hear the crazy shit in that game.
Of course those with the console version might be SOL until 2k releases a patch.
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A lazy port from the 360 is no excuse for arbitrarily shunning part of the PC population.
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This is because the rushed nvidia drivers for 8 series cards apparently do not support my laptops 8600M GT... I didn't screw with the settings at all because this should be able to run at full specs.
Anybody else have this card or the same problem?
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Alternately you can simply play the game in DX9 by giving the short cut a command to play in DX9 only, that is less than ideal though.
i hope that gets addressed.
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I've already finished the game and saw no problems what so ever.. Smooth as butter!
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Yeah it sucks to get things first. Just ask Sony.
I wanttt multiplayerrrrr.
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"under investigation."
Sounds like it's a slim chance the 360 is getting the patch to me.
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the PC seems to have 3 times as many issues shaders/drivers begin the worst sound being 2nd,I am hoping its shaders that is causing it to crash I was tweaking the demo for 2 or 3 days to see what was making ti crash,the high detail shaders and post processing did not like running for long but there are also a slu of mini glitches that need to be dealt with.
As for the game itself tis not bad their setting some of the best I have seen however it was made for the mainstream and it shows at best its a 8.
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Basically, be patient, and remember Unreal, Quake, Doom, Fear, and yes, even Half life , and countless others had issues when they first came out, be patient, and the patches will come.
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Good thing I only buy B.F.G Graphics cards and they have the absolute hands down best warranty and support Ive had from any company ever. Lets see how there warranty hold up against big daddy damages
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